10 Victorian Inventions We Just Can’t Do Without

(via Listverse) It is tempting to think life in the 21st century is a world away from the 1800s, but despite the communication revolution that we are all living through, we still owe much of our daily life to the inventions of back then. More modern amenities than you might think first showed up during the 19th century, particularly the Victorian era.  Here are ten of them.